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When college students dream up the perfect summer, it usually doesn’t involve getting up at 3 a.m. to take water samples, living out of your backpack, and sleeping in the trees. But for geosciences major Nathan Page, there was no better way to spend the last summer of his undergraduate education. Page set out on a series of research trips with four of his peers and Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies Claire Todd to study waste management on Mt. Rainier. It was a great way
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, have turned into professional relationships. And, most certainly, both developed real-world tools through mentoring and training programs at places like the Women’s Center. For graduates like McGifford and McLane who aspire for a career in advocacy, there is no better way to prepare. “The interns who go through the PLU sexual assault peer education team training program are prepared weeks in advance (compared to other schools),” McLane said. “That has to do with the mentoring and the faculty at PLU
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professors Joanne Lisosky and Robert Marshall Wells, who had worked at The News Tribune before coming to PLU. Patterson was a single mom while attending PLU and worked while enrolled. She credits her professors for helping her get where she is today. “The community understands the value of a PLU education,” Patterson said. Patterson still keeps in contact with professors, visits classes and shares her experiences with current students. “Journalism is such a small, small world,” Patterson said. The summer
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Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. As Chair of the Committee on Ethics, Religion and the Holocaust, he participated in three meetings in the past year designed to include Muslims in the Museum’s goal of spreading Holocaust education. As Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies, Bob received travel support to attend a meeting of the Editorial Board of Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte in Germany, and he spent time in the British Library in London, the Bodleian Library at Oxford, and the Cambridge University
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spent the past year in Serbia studying peace and conflict resolution, and would like to work with youth when he leaves PLU. Delo is a political science and global studies major and is considering going into the Peace Corps or furthering her education through graduate studies in international relations. They also will hear PLU alum Dr. William Foege ’57, who led the fight to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama. Anna McCracken ’14, a
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has worked. Clear Channel reports that their second fastest-growing industry group this year is higher education: Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, Western Washington University, Eastern Washington University, Central Washington University and Washington State University all have either committed for the first time or increased their outdoor buys.”[plu_locations height=”700px” width=”100%” zoom=”10″ category=”billboards-spring-2015″ page_reload_time=10 scroll_wheel_zoom=”false
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in St. Louis, one of only two offered by the affiliate institution of PLU’s program. “I was shocked when I got the email notifying me,” Anderson said. “I’m most excited to discover what engineering extracurriculars I’ll be able to be a part of.” PLU partners with Washington University, as well as Columbia University in New York City, for its dual-degree engineering program, also known as 3-2 engineering. The program provides students with the opportunity to combine a liberal arts education with
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independent and creative thinking that are necessary for our communities and societies to thrive,” said Tamara R. Williams, Executive Director of PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education and coordinator of the event. “If there is one thread that connects the speakers and panels in this symposium, it is that they disrupt predictable and repetitive ways of thinking and acting; they all invite the audience to reflect more deeply on what humans have in common rather than what keeps us apart.” Read Previous Amy
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Open Letter on Access for All Students January 20, 2017 LISTEN Forum December 6, 2016 What election season reminds us about higher education December 2, 2016
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individuals, families and communities. “The launch of the MSW program at PLU signifies our bold commitment to expanding well-being, opportunity and justice” said PLU President Allan Belton. “As the program sets its sights on empowering the next generation of social work leaders, PLU remains steadfast in its dedication to creating a more just and equitable society.” PLU’s MSW degree is ideal for those dedicated to tackling modern social issues through education and practice. The program will prepare
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